Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

[kingrob]

I predict that this phone will become one of the bestsellers for 2012, so decided to start a thread for it.



Key features

Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
3G with 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
3.8" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit PLS TFT touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels), Scratch-resistant glass
Android OS v2.3.7 Gingerbread, planned Android 4.0 ICS update
Dual-core 800 MHz Cortex-A9 CPU, 768MB RAM, Mali-400 GPU, NovaThor U8500 chipset
5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Multi Angle shot
720p video recording @ 30fps
VGA front-facing camera
Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
NFC connectivity
4GB built-in storage expandable through the microSD card slot
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Voice dialing
Adobe Flash 11 support
Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Negatives

No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box
All plastic construction
NovaThor U8500 is the least powerful of the dual-core offerings on the market
No screen and capacitive key haptics

GSMArena Review

[hereticangel]

Pretty good specs, could overclock that cpu to 1.2ghz+!

galaxy ace 1 was just to slow for me, so i got me a htc one V :P

[rph72]

Nice specs. My daughter needs a new phone and she Android.

Any idea when it will be available?

[hereticangel]

Nice specs. My daughter needs a new phone and she Android.

Any idea when it will be available?

better not get her a crapberry :P

would think in 3 months time maybe?

[rph72]

better not get her a crapberry :P

would think in 3 months time maybe?

Would never think of getting her a crapberry. They are not welcome in my house.

[kingrob]

Nice specs. My daughter needs a new phone and she Android.

Any idea when it will be available?

It was released in May 2012 and is available globally.

Wonder if you wouldn't be able to find it in one of the Samsung stores yet?

I suspect Vodacom, MTN, CellC & 8ta are testing it on their networks now....

[kingrob]

Official press pic from Samsung....

[kingrob]

CellC is getting the Ace 2 in two weeks time!

[Mo0s]

Where can I buy this??? CaCell? Excellular? Purple Fly Trading? Not interested in walk-in stores though

[Tsepz_011]

Must be the most compact dual-core very nice and powerful little smartphone the Ace2, i see it being a very bigger seller over the next 12months.

Anyone around here got it yet? Would love to know how it performs in benchmarks and UI performance.

[kingrob]

Must be the most compact dual-core very nice and powerful little smartphone the Ace2, i see it being a very bigger seller over the next 12months.

Anyone around here got it yet? Would love to know how it performs in benchmarks and UI performance.

Read somewhere it got 4444 in AnTutu...must go look for it.

[Nduimiso]

Pity about no ICS, it really is inexcusable though

[Bryn26]

I have an S3 currently, but I upgraded from an Ace. The hardware on that thing was unacceptably slow. The S3 has really opened my eyes as to what Android has to offer. Hopefully the Ace 2 can manage the same for less than half the price.

[kingrob]

I have an S3 currently, but I upgraded from an Ace. The hardware on that thing was unacceptably slow. The S3 has really opened my eyes as to what Android has to offer. Hopefully the Ace 2 can manage the same for less than half the price.

I have a Galaxy Ace...and it is superb!

But there are a few tricks to make the Ace works optimum....first stop is Gingerbread 2.3.6 firmware. (I'm using the Spain open firmware). Then you must try not to use more than three homescreens and - most important, get a class 10 micro SD card for this baby.

Because the Ace does not have a lot of internal storage, it will try and install as much apps as it can on the SD card. So if your SD card is slow, so will be your Ace.

And if you have done it the right way, the Ace is actually a brilliant little phone.

But the Ace 2 might just be the perfect upgrade for all Ace owners.

[FairTalk]

http://techradar.com/reviews/phones/...1089571/review . It can be upgraded to 4.1.